Mensa Mensa IQ Critical Thinking and Problem Solving 2

Question 1

A clock shows exactly 3:15. What is the angle between the hour and minute hands?

Accepted Answer

7.5°

Answer

0°

Answer

15°

Answer

22.5°

Question 2

You are in a dark room with one match, a candle, a wood stove, and a gas lamp. Which do you light first?

Accepted Answer

The match

Answer

The candle

Answer

The wood stove

Answer

The gas lamp

Question 3

If you overtake the runner in second place during a race, what position are you now in?

Accepted Answer

Second place

Answer

First place

Answer

Third place

Answer

It cannot be determined

Question 4

A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. That evening, they go to dinner together. How is this possible?

Accepted Answer

She is a photographer who took his picture, then developed it in a water-filled darkroom tray

Answer

He was wearing a bulletproof vest and held his breath

Answer

She used a tranquilizer dart and revived him afterwards

Answer

He escaped before she could seriously harm him

Question 5

There are 3 apples on the table and you take away 2. How many apples do YOU have?

Accepted Answer

2

Answer

1

Answer

3

Answer

0

Question 6

Two fathers and two sons sit down to eat eggs for breakfast. They eat exactly three eggs, with each person eating exactly one egg. How is this possible?

Accepted Answer

The group is a grandfather, his son, and his grandson — three people total

Answer

One egg was shared between two people and counted for both

Answer

One person did not actually eat their egg

Answer

Two of the eggs were double-yolked and counted as two servings each

Question 7

A rooster sits on the peak of a barn roof. It lays an egg. Which side of the roof does the egg roll down?

Accepted Answer

Roosters do not lay eggs

Answer

The south side

Answer

The windward side

Answer

The steeper side